Incarceration vs. Imprisonment

Incarceration vs. Imprisonment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Incarceration and Imprisonment

Incarcerationnoun

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Imprisonmentnoun

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.

Incarcerationnoun

strangulation, as in hernia.

Imprisonmentnoun

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

Incarcerationnoun

A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Imprisonmentnoun

the state of being imprisoned;

he was held in captivity until he diedthe imprisonment of captured soldiershis ignominious incarceration in the local jailhe practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
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Incarcerationnoun

the state of being imprisoned;

he was held in captivity until he diedthe imprisonment of captured soldiershis ignominious incarceration in the local jailhe practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon

Imprisonmentnoun

the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)